Aftermath, Two Days Later“Sir, what do you mean, `case unsolved'? We solved the bloody case, didn't we?”
Norris and Hillman stood in their familiar place in front of Joshua Madden's desk, as the chief inspector delivered what was for them a crushing blow.
“I know you solved it, Bert, and you too, Sergeant, but listen. You must understand that this case holds political and economic ramifications that reach far beyond the walls of Lewisham Place. Try and imagine the potential loss of confidence in the Metropolitan Railway, if it became public knowledge that one of their senior board members and his wife had indulged in a killing spree on the railway in order to settle a personal grievance with his secretary. Apart from the loss of public confidence in the underground railway, the economic
